Project description
Building the first tomography beamline in the Middle East
The EU-funded BEATS project has three overall objectives. The first is to build a beamline for tomography at the SESAME synchrotron in Jordan; second, to promote the sustainability of SESAME through the creation of a vibrant scientific community and industrial collaborations in the region; and, finally, being made up of well-established and recently founded synchrotron facilities in Europe, to strengthen the inner European network as well as the link to the Middle East. SESAME, the first synchrotron in the region, opened in 2017. It is also the Middle East's first major international centre of excellence. BEATS fosters scientific and technological excellence, aiming to keep brilliant minds in the region and to enable world-class scientific research.
Objective
The overall objective of the project Beamline for Tomography at SESAME (BEATS) is to pave the way for an efficient and sustainable operation of the Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) research infrastructure. The project builds upon the OPEN SESAME project, and has the following key objectives: • Develop and consolidate the scientific case and build up a science community, paying particular attention to the R&D and technology needs of the SESAME Members and beyond. Today, there is already significant interest from the Cultural Heritage and Archaeology community. Applications in Environmental and Materials Sciences, with links to industries in the region, shall also be explored; • Design, procure, construct, and commission a beam line for hard X-ray full-field tomography at SESAME; • Foster collaborations among the project partners in all aspects of the technical work to ensure that a comprehensive transfer of knowledge to SESAME staff is accomplished within the lifetime of the project; • Address the issue of sustainability of operation by preparing medium- to long-term funding scenarios for the tomography beamline. The consortium is a blend of leading research facilities in the Middle East (SESAME and the Cyprus Institute), well established European synchrotron radiation facilities and high-energy laboratories (DESY, ELETTRA, ESRF, INFN and PSI) with a decades-long experience in synchrotron radiation research and technology, and more recently founded synchrotron laboratories (ALBA and SOLARIS).
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.1.4. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Research Infrastructures
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H2020-EU.1.4.3.1. - Reinforcing European policy for research infrastructures
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H2020-EU.1.4.1.3. - Development, deployment and operation of ICT-based e-infrastructures
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H2020-EU.1.4.3.2. - Facilitate strategic international cooperation
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RIA - Research and Innovation action
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-INFRASUPP-2018-2020
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38000 Grenoble
France
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